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Post MP3s + bands not from 2004

I think there's a lot to be said for sifting through the 2000's highlighting important, interesting artists (just saw the Libertines in there!)- maybe mix it up with the new more frequently and, yes, mp3s definitely help!

ok so i've just worked out how to post mp3's, can you check it worked? http://indiemusicfinds.com

can you help with another thing too? do i have to upload these mp3's to my web server or is there a site that lets me store mp3's i can stream with the player i have on my site? because i'm sure it'll tear up my server allowance's because i'm on an economy plan.

I've had quite a bit of luck with Boxstr files getting aggregated properly.

indiemusicfinds...if you are worried about hosting issues, many promo companies and labels have hosted links for mp3s. All you need to do is repost in many cases. Labels and promo companies love this of course (as it shows up in google analytics and is trackable), but many bloggers prefer to rehost the files themselves to get hype machine rankings, etc. Whatevs.

Posted by: Sean Rwendy, i was always under the impression the pr folks preferred that we re-host so we don't snatch up all their bandwidth. have i been needlessly rehosting all these years? figures. haha.

I think one of  the benefits of someone hotlinking is the page rank value. I stopped caring about hotlinkers. Yes it happens and is annoying if they take up too  much bandwidth but you can always transfer it into traffic (when the link no longer works) or at least have  some domain name value .

 

To add into the discussion, hosting is a little better as you might be able to get traffic and you can keep track of who found a song on your website as you won't be able to trace an mp3 on a different domain.